Question

It was reported that approximately 15.5 million telephone votes were cast. Each vote was for

Answer 1

Answer:

Alejandro received 6.51 million of votes

Laine received 58% of votes

Step-by-step explanation:

If the ratio of "Laine votes" to "Alejandro votes” was 29:21, then the number of "Laine votes" was 29x and the number of "Alejandro votes” was 21x. In total, 15.5 million votes were cast. So

29x + 21x = 15.5 million

50x = 15.5 million

x = 0.31 million

Then

the number of "Laine votes" $=29\cdot 0.31=8.99$ million

number of "Alejandro votes” $=21\cdot 0.31=6.51$ million

Laine received

$\dfrac{8.99}{15.5}\cdot 100\%=58\%$